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CUNNINGHAM v. MITCHELL

No. 57426.

535 So.2d 589 (1988)

Tiffany Michelle CUNNINGHAM, a Minor, By and Through Her Next Friend, Patricia Cunningham, Individually, and Charles Cunningham v. Ernest MITCHELL, M.D.; a, B and C, Whose Identities Are Unknown But Who Will be Added By Amendment Upon Discovery, Jointly and Severally.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

Rehearing Denied December 21, 1988.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jim Davis Hull, Moss Point, for appellants.

James H. Heidelberg, Bryant, Stennis & Colingo, Pascagoula, for appellees.

Before ROY NOBLE LEE, C.J., and ROBERTSON and ANDERSON, JJ.

ROBERTSON, Justice, for the Court:

I.

This matter raises questions regarding the time limitations within which a minor must perfect an appeal to this Court and the extent to which we may reconsider an order dismissing an appeal which has become final.

II.

The record before us reveals a tortured procedural history. We begin in the Circuit Court of Jackson County, Mississippi. On June 28, 1985,...

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